Adam Bowie, today (7/18): > > > I don't think Tour owners, ASO would even allow him anywhere near the race > - let alone in the booth - because of his lifetime ban. Even paying him for > his contributions remotely could put NBC Sports in breach (they have > reportedly said that he was unpaid). > > There obviously are plenty of ex-dopers doing TV work. Pretty much any > cyclist from that generation was probably caught up. David Millar does > co-commentary on ITV and he's an admitted doper who served his time and > came back reformed. But Armstrong leaves an awful lot of unpleasantness in > his wake beyond simply doping. > > This piece last week from "CyclingNews" says that (1) Armstrong was not paid, and (2) the intl cycling federation doesn't regard the interview as a violation of the ban.
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